Trends in paediatric rheumatology referral times and disease activity indices over a ten-year period among children and young people with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: results from the childhood arthritis prospective Study.

A positive trend towards earlier definitive treatment reached significance in oligoarticular and polyarticular pattern disease.

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Only ∼20% were seen within 10 weeks of symptom onset and ∼50% within 4 weeks of referral, with a significant trend towards longer waiting times following referral for first appointments in more recent years.

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